State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) won the speaker's job Tuesday with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a ...

Texas lawmakers will enter their 89th legislative session at noon on Jan. 14, the biennial, five-month period where they can pass new bills. Read more: ...

Hundreds of Texans converged upon the Texas State Capitol building for the first day of the 89th Legislature. There was plenty of excitement outside of the Capitol ...

Lawmakers will debate the future of public education, find ways to spend nearly $200 billion in tax money and wrangle over ...

Statewide forces will collide in Austin this week when the legislative session begins. Tuesday, lawmakers get sworn in and ...

AUSTIN — Members of the Texas House will vote Tuesday for their new Speaker after a month-long divisive battle among Republicans. It's the first vote lawmakers will conduct during the 89th ...

Legislators are flocking to the Texas Capitol on Tuesday for the first day ... With the return of Texas House and Texas Senate members to Austin—and over 2,000 bills filed— comes increased ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered all flags to be raised to full staff at the Texas Capitol and all state buildings on January 20, 2025, in honor of Inauguration Day.

Four years after a mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol, Congress certified his 2024 victory in a seamless ceremony ...

The exterior of the Texas State Capitol is seen, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Austin. Death row inmate Robert Roberson is scheduled to testify, Monday before Texas lawmakers at the State Capitol.( ...